Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) - HBW 1, p. 347
French: Cormoran de Tasmanie
German: Schwarzgesichtscharbe
Spanish: Cormorán Carinegro
Other common names: Black-faced/Black and White Shag, White-breasted Cormorant
Taxonomy: Hydrocorax fuscescens Vieillot, 1817, Australasie = Tasmania.
Sometimes alternatively placed in Leucocarbo or Compsohalieus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coasts of S Australia, with two independent populations: in S Western Australia; and in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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2 birds sitting on rocks at edge of ocean Locality Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 28 December 2011 17 weeks ago 1 min 4.2 -
Two adults perching on a jetty with two Pied Cormorants before all four fly away. Locality Newhaven, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 23 January 2013 18 weeks ago 19 sec 3.8 -
Several adults preening themselves on the rock Locality Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 13 March 2004 7 years ago 35 sec 3.7 -
A group of adults comfort behaviour Locality Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 13 March 2004 7 years ago 26 sec 3.6 -
2 birds sitting on rocks at edge of ocean Locality Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 28 December 2011 17 weeks ago 32 sec 3.5 -
Two birds perching on a jetty, one of them shaking its wings to dry them. Two Pied Cormorants and a Sooty Oystercatcher can also Locality Newhaven, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 23 January 2013 18 weeks ago 19 sec 3
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Drying Off
Locality South Australia, Australia
Ian Colley 13 September 2011 1 year ago 4.5 -
Adult: Black facial skin, aqua green eye and black hood extending down on sides of head and over eyes.
Locality Hallett Cove Conservation Park, Hallett Cove, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Edward Smith 5 December 2009 21 weeks ago 4.3 -
One of about a dozen perched on a pier.
Locality Eden, New South Wales, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 5 March 2011 11 weeks ago 4 -
An adult roosting on a jetty.
Locality Newhaven, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
Nick Talbot 23 January 2013 18 weeks ago 3.5 -
swimming near the Ralphs Bay foreshore
Locality Ralphs Bay, Tasmania, Australia (Monotypic species)
Dirk Tomsa 27 December 2009 1 year ago 3.4 -
Two birds standing.
Locality Perth Zoo, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 November 1990 1 year ago 3.3
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